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Regions & Cavities I Flashcards

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Shallow depression on the side of the skull

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Temporal Fossa

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Temporal fossa bones:

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Temporal
Sphenoid
Parietal
Frontal

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Temporal fossa communicate with:

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Infratemporal fossa ONLY

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Temporal fossa boundaries:

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Superior: superior temporal line

Inferior: zygomatic arch

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Contents of temporal fossa:

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  • Pterion
  • Temporalis muscle and fascia
  • Superficial temporal artery
  • Superficial temporal vein
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Superficial temporal artery branches off of:

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External carotid artery

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Maxillary artery branches off of:

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External carotid artery

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Superficial temporal + maxillary vein =

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Retromandibular vein

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Anterior branch of retromandibular vein drains into:

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Internal jugular vein

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Posterior branch of retromandibular vein drains into:

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External jugular vein

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These veins drain into internal jugular vein

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Anteroir branch of retromandibular vein + facial vein = common facial vein -> IJV

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These veins drain into external jugular vein

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Posterior branch of retromandibular vein + posterior auricular vein -> External jugular vein

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temporalis muscle is responsible for:

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Mastication

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Infratemporal fossa boundaries:

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Anterior: Maxilla
Posterior: Mastoid process of temporal bone

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Infratemporal fossa communicates with:

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  • Temporal fossa via gap deep to zygomatic arch
  • Cranial cavity through foramen ovale (V3) and spinosum (meningeal artery)
  • Orbit: Inferior orbital fissure
  • Pterygopalatine fossa: pterygomaxillary fissure
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Infratemporal fossa contents:

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  • Muscles of mastication (lateral and medial pterygoid)
  • Vessels (Maxillary artery and vein, pterygoid venous plexus)
  • Nervous structures (Mandibular nerve V3, chorda tympani, otic ganglion)
  • Deep lobe of parotid gland
  • TMJ
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Maxillary artery supplies:

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  • Nasal cavity
  • Lateral wall and roof of the oral cavity
  • All teeth
  • Most of dura mater (via middle meningeal artery)
  • Infratemporal and pterygopalatine fossae
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Maxillary artery is a branch of this artery:

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External carotid artery

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Pterygoid venous plexus receives blood from:

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All regions that maxillary artery supplies to:

  • Nssal cavity
  • Upper oral cavity
  • All teeth
  • Dura mater
  • Infraorbital and pterygopalatine fossae
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Pterygoid vein + ______ + _______ = Retromandibular vein

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superficial temporal vein, maxillary vein

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TMJ fxn:

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  • Articulation of the mandible with the skull

- Allows movement of mandible

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Location of TMJ:

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Where skull and the mandible articulate, which contains mandibular condyle and zygomatic part of temporal bone.

It is also medial to the parotid gland.

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What type of joint is TMJ:

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Synovial joint with cartilage in between

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What type of nerve fibers are found in TMJ?

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GA from V3.

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Muscles of mastication are located:
In and around infratemporal fossa
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Name the primary muscles of mastication:
- Temporalis - Masseter - Medial pterygoid - Lateral pterygoid
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Which two muscles of the mastication elevate, protrude, and move the mandible side to side?
Masseter and medial pterygoid
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This muscle depresses, protrudes, and moves the mandible side to side.
Lateral pterygoid
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How does temporalis muscle help in mastication?
It elevates the mandible
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How to test for the fxn of mandibular nerve (V3)?
Ask pt. to clench their jaw.
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Name the accessory muscles of mastication:
- Anterior belly of digastric - Mylohyoid - Buccinator - Posterior belly of digastric
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Fxn of anterior belly of digastric:
Depression and retrusion of mandible
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Fxn of Mylohyoid:
Degression of the mandible
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Fxn of muccinator:
Tightens cheek while chewing
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Fxn of posterior belly of digastric:
Depresses mandible
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Which muscles of mastication are innervated by CN VII?
Buccinator and posterior belly of digastric
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Name the muscles of mastication that are innervated by V3:
- Temporalis - Masseter - Medial pterygoid - Lateral pterygoid - Anterior belly of digastric - Mylohyoid
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Largest branch of CN V:
Mandibular nerve V3
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Mandibular nerve V3 leave cranial cavity via:
foramen ovale
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State the pathway of mandibular nerve V3 from trigeminal ganglion to infratemporal fossa.
Trigeminal ganglion -> foramen ovale -> infratemporal fossa.
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GE of mandibular nerve V3 innervates:
- primary muscles of mastication - anterior belly of digastric - mylohyoid - suspends parasympathetic ganglion: otic ganglion
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Parasymathetic otic ganglion is suspended by:
Mandibular nerve V3
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GE/GA fibers of mandibular nerve suspend the otic ganglion. Select one.
GE
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GA fibers of the mandibular nerve V3 innervates:
- Meningeal branch - Auriculotermporal nerve - Lingual nerve
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This nerve carries hitchhiking VE fibers of the parotid gland.
Auriculotemporal nerve
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Auriculomandibular nerve receive GA info from:
Skin of temple and ear, and TMJ.
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Lingual nerve, a branch of mandibular nerve suspends this ganglion.
Submandibular ganglion
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This nerve carries hitchhiking VE and SA taste fibers from chorda tympani.
Lingual nerve
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This nerve carries GA from skin of temple and ear and TMJ.
Auriculotemporal nerve
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GA from anteroir 2/3 of tongue and floor of mouth is carried toward CNS via:
Lingual nerve
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Submandibular ganglion is located:
in submandibular region
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Preganglionic parasympathetic fibers of CN _____, join onto chorda tympani, then hitchhike onto _____ in the infratemporal fossa.
CN VII, lingual nerve.
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VE fibers of lingual nerve synapse in _________.
submandibular ganglion
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Postganglionic parasympathetic nerves of the submandibular ganglion travel to ______ and ______ glands via _____ nerve.
sublingual, submandibular glands, lingual nerve.
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Pterygopalatine fossa location:
- Between bones of lateral side of the skull | - Immediately posterior to maxilla
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Pterygopalatine fossa in deep to this fossa.
Infratemporal fossa
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Walls of the pterigopalatine fossa:
- Anterior: posterior surface of maxilla - Posterior: pterygoid process of sphenoid bone - Medial: lateral surface of palatine bone
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Contents of the pterygopalatine fossa:
- Maxillary nerve (V2) - Terminal part of maxillary artery - Nerve of pterygoid canal - Pterygopalatine ganglion - Veins and lymphatics
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How does the pterygopalatine fossa communicate with infratemporal fossa?
Via pterygomaxillary fissure
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How does the pterygopalatine fossa communicate with floor of orbit?
Via inferior orbital fissure
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Name the nerves of the pterygoid canal.
- Greater petrosal nerve (CN VII) | - Deep petrosal nerve (ICA plexus)
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Preganglionic parasympathetic nerves of the pterygoid canal come from:
Greater petrosal nerve
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ICA plexus of the deep petrosal nerve carry:
postganglionic sympathetic nerves
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Largest of the 4 parasympathetic ganglia in the head:
Pterygopalatine ganglion
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Contents of pterygopalatine ganglion:
- Preganglionic parasympathetic from greater petrosal nerve - Postganglionic sympathetic from ICA plexus - Sensory branches of V2

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